Dust-mop.



. 'C. B. GILMORE.

DUST MOP.

APPLICATION FILED lULY27. 19H.

1,155,564:. Patent-ed Oct. 5,1915.

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CHARLES LB. GILMORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DUST-M01.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (let. 5, 1915.

- Application filed July 27, 1914. Serial No. 853,282.

. the following is a specification.

This invention relates to what are commonly known as 011 mops for cleaning floors.

Such mops commonly consist of a frame structure, a matted fabric body, usually in the form of cotton or wool yarn strands, secured .to and depending therefrom, and a suitable handle for pushing and drawing the same over the floor or other surface to be cleaned, the mop strands being usually oiled to facilitate the picking up of the dust and dirt.

The main object of this invention is to provide a mop of this character which, in addition to having an ample body portion for general floor work, shall also have one or more portions projecting substantially at a right angle to the general direction of the body member and handle, for cleaning the floor behind the legs of stationary articles of furniture, such as stoves, radiators and the like.

Another object of invention is to provide a floor mop of the character referred to which shall combine in a high degree simplicity and economy of structure with durability and efficiency for its intended purpose. A further object is to provide a mop which, by a simple adjustment of the'handle member, shall be capable of use as a wall or furniture mop or brush. The deviceof my invention, its construct-ion, manner of use, and advantages, will be readily understood and appreciated from a consideration of the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate practical and preferred embodiments of the same, and in which Figure l is a top plan view of my improved floor mop, illustrating its capacity and utility for cleaning the floor in places inaccessible to the ordinary and usual form of floor mop. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, illustrating by a dotted-line position of the handle, the capabilityof the mop for being reversed as to its direction of movement. Fig. 3 is a perspective elevation of the mop frame and handle, the mop strands and their wcuring means being omitted. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section, through one limb of the mop frame, the mop strands, and the securing means, to better illustrate the latter. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, illustrating a modified form of frame and strand-securing means. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary top plan, illustrating a slight modification in the formation of one of the laterally projecting arms of the mop.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 1, inclusive, 10 designates as a whole the metal frame of the mop, which, in the form herein shown, consists of a flat metal strip having its intermediate portion bent into the form of an elongated U-shaped loop 11, and its end portions 12 extendinglaterally in opposite directions from one end of said loop portion 11' and substantially at right angles to the latter. The metal strip thus shaped is, in the preferred construction shown, provided with a row of apertures 13 extended lengthwise thereof; and overlapping the upper edge and the sides of the frame strip is a fabric body comprising a thickly bunched mass of mop strands ll. A binding fabric 15 covers the overlapping portions of said mop strands, and the frame member, strands and binding are securely united by one or more rows of stitching 16 extending through the binding, strands, and the apertures 13 of the frame, all as clearly indicated in Fig. 4. This simple construction provides a very secure and durable means of attaching the mop strands to the mop frame.

Biveted to the two limbs of the main body portion 11 of the mop frame are a pair of upstanding lugs 17, to and between which is secured, by a frictional pivot joint 18, a. handle socket 19, in which latter is secured a handle stick 20. The handle socket 19 can be set at any desired angle to the plane of the mop frame, and it is gripped with sufficient force between the pivot lugs 17 to remain in any adjusted position during the operation-of the mo!) by virtue of the friction between the pivot lugs and the socket piece. If it is desired to reversethe direction of operation of the mop, the handle may be swung over to the dotted-line position in dicated in Fig. 2. Furthermore, by bending the handle down to a position parallel with the upper edge of the mop frame, the device can be adapted for use as a brush, to clean no the surfaces of walls, tables, chairs, and other like surfaces.

To increase the efficiency of the outer end portions of the laterally projecting arms of the mop, the extreme end portions of the latter may be folded or doubled upon themselves, as indicated at 21 in Fig. 6 and'in Fig. 1, thereby presenting a fuller and more compact bunch of strands at the extreme ends, of the arms. Only one of the arms 12 is shown bent upon itself in Fig. 1, this being merely for purposes of illustration but it should be understood that in actual manufacture a uniformity of the arms will be maintained by having both arms either straight or both bent back upon themselves.

Fig. 5 indicates a slight modification, wherein the frame member is formed of a piece of wire 10, the mop strands 11 being folded over said wire and secured in place by a sheet-metal binder or clamp 15, the sides of which may be compressed to securely clamp the mop strands against pulling out.

Fig. 1 typically illustrates the principal novel utility of my improved mop, wherein 22indicates the wall of a room, and 23 the leg of a stationary article of furniture, such as a radiator leg. This figure shows how either of the lateral arms of the mop can be readily introduced between the leg 23 and the wall 22 to clean the floor at that point.

\Vithout limiting the invention to the precise details, I claim:

1. A mop of the character described comprising a substantially U-shaped body portion having the extremities of its legs turned outwardly. in opposite directions to provide laterally extending arms, mop strands carried by said body portion, and a handle pivoted to said body portion.

2. In a mop of the character described, the combination with a frame comprising a relatively long and narrow body portion having its ends separated to form a pair of rigid arms extending laterally in opposite directions from one end ,of said body portion substantially at right angles to the latter, of a body of fabric secured to and depending from said frame, and a handle secured to the body portion of said frame.

3. In a mop of the character described, the combination with a metal frame strip having its free ends bent laterally to provide oppositelydisposed arms, of abody of mop strands overlapping the upper, edge and sides of said frame strip, and stitching securing said strands to said frame strip.

4. In a mop of the character described, the combination with a metal frame strip having a row of apertures extending lengthwise thereof, of a body of mop strands overlapping the upper edge and sides of said frame strip, a binding fabric covering the overlapping portions of said mop strands, and stitching securing said binding and mop strands to said frame strip through said apertures.

5. In a'mop of the character described, the combination with a frame having a body portion formed by a pair of parallel limbs and a laterally extending arm, of a body of fabric secured to and depending from said frame, a pair of lugs secured to the respective limbs of said body portion, and a handle frictionally pivoted to and between said lugs.

6. A mop of the character described, comprising substantially a U-shaped body portion having the extremities of its legs turned outwardly in opposite directions to provide laterally extending arms, mop strands secured to and carried by said body portion and arms, the ends of said arms being doubled back upon themselves, and a handle pivotally attached to said body portion.

CHARLES B. GILMORE.

Witnesses:

JESSIE MAY GILMoRE, BUBDETTE BAXTER GILMORE. 

